Foreign News: Mouse Racing

Squatters were not the only problem racking Britain last week. There
were also mice.

The storm broke in Hobbies, a magazine devoted to the delights of
private boondoggling. A recent issue included a report on a new
sportmouseboat racing the invention of a ten-year-old anonymous
moppet. Necessary paraphernalia: 18-inch racing boats, mice, a bathtub
or pond. In racing, the mice propel the boats by walking a treadmill
attached to a small paddle wheel. Said Hobbies: "No cruelty is imposed
on the creature since experience shows that mice derive much enjoyment
from their wheel-turning activity."